MassVoter.com← Acton Select BoardActon Select Board · 2024–2025 Board · Regular meeting
May 5, 2025
2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Francesca Arsenault, Dean A. Charter, Alissa Nicol, David D. Martin, Jim Snyder-Grant
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
1. Discuss Next Steps for Department of Public Works Building Project
Direct the Assistant Town Manager and Town Counsel draft a motion to appropriate $150K to be expended by the Town Manager for design and engineering costs, including the investigation of possible...
Mr. Martin moved, seconded by Mr. Snyder-Grant, to direct the Assistant Town Manager and Town Counsel draft a motion to appropriate $150K to be expended by the Town Manager for design and engineering costs, including the investigation of possible alternatives, for a public works facility as set forth in the Article, with the appropriation coming from free cash
From the minutes
“Mr. Martin moved, seconded by Mr. Snyder-Grant, to direct the Assistant Town Manager and Town Counsel draft a motion to appropriate $150K to be expended by the Town Manager for design and engineering costs, including the investigation of possible alternatives, for a public works facility as set forth in the Article, with the appropriation coming from free cash and approved 5-0.” (Motion: Martin, second: Snyder-Grant)
2. Discuss Warrant Articles and Final Preparation and Consider Recommendations
Recommend Articles 14, 15, and 16
Ms. Nicol moved, seconded by Mr Martin, to recommend Articles 14, 15, and 16
From the minutes
“Ms. Nicol moved, seconded by Mr Martin, to recommend Articles 14, 15, and 16 and approved 5-0.” (Motion: Nicol, second: Martin)
From the Acton Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Archive Center (Select Board Minutes). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: The Acton Exchange candidate profiles (Francesca Arsenault, April 2024, photo courtesy of Barrett Sotheby’s Realty; David D. Martin, April 2025; Alissa Nicol, April 2026; Pam Nourse, April 2026, photo by Maddie Freeman); Dean A. Charter from the Town of Acton’s Select Board group photo (May 11, 2026).
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